Initializing application state

[ChristopherPAndrews]

I would like a way to easily set some initial state variables from the application level. I am thinking something like app.setState('Start', '2016-07-01') right after the app.module() calls.

I've done some initial poking but have not yet found a straightforward way to weave that into mudguard so it pops up on the client side where modules can see them.

[danasilver]

It feels messy to add hardcoded state into the app. Something like data fixtures and a static table (like in #59) that can load those fixtures into an accessible "state" node might be nice and play better with the graph/data abstraction.

I think this ties into what you're doing on the new-state-model branch.

[ChristopherPAndrews]

I agree (though mostly I just want a way to establish empty state containers so we don't have to open views in a certain order or always check that state exists).

Having a more rigorous state model that is part of the graph would certainly be better.